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I want to copy text from a newspaper saved as pdf. It's secured however.
I need this for a school assignment. (I don't think this is illegal since I want it to citate)

BTW: I can't just print it since I have to add line numbers.

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How is the PDF secured?

If it is the case that it is locked for copying you will either have to type it out manually to cite it (or perhaps try the newspaper's website depending on how recent the article is) or forget about using that particular article

Look for a program called Able2Doc it will let you convert or save a specific portion of a PDF document to Microsoft Word format.

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How is the PDF secured?

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Printing and content accessing for ability are allowed.

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Originally posted by matty
Look for a program called Able2Doc it will let you convert or save a specific portion of a PDF document to Microsoft Word format.

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I will take a look to the site.
Edit: I don't want to pay.

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Originally posted by somelauw
Edit: I don't want to pay.

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I am sure you can find some sort of "free" version somewhere

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Originally posted by matty

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Originally posted by somelauw
Edit: I don't want to pay.

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I am sure you can find some sort of "free" version somewhere

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I don't want trials, since I want a permanent solution.

If printing is allowed and you have Microsoft Office, you can print it to Office Document Image Writer resulting in a TIF or MDI file, then open that in Office Document Imaging and use "Send text to Word" to perform OCR and obtain editable text. 

You may need to first install the Office Document Imaging component, which is available in both 2003 and 2007, but not installed by default.

You can use PDF Password Remover to get rid of any PDF restrictions. This program isn't free, but of course there are ways.

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Originally posted by Markus
This program isn't free, but of course there are ways.

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Originally posted by somelauw
I don't want trials, since I want a permanent solution.

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ways of which he has not heard

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Originally posted by Adeptus
If printing is allowed and you have Microsoft Office, you can print it to Office Document Image Writer resulting in a TIF or MDI file, then open that in Office Document Imaging and use "Send text to Word" to perform OCR and obtain editable text. 

You may need to first install the Office Document Imaging component, which is available in both 2003 and 2007, but not installed by default.

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Or, use PrimoPDF, and print to an unsecured PDF